A retrospective sample of males in a heart-disease high-risk region of the Western Cape, South Africa.
SAheartA data frame with 462 observations on the following 10 variables.
systolic blood pressure
cumulative tobacco (kg)
low density lipoprotein cholesterol
a numeric vector
family history of heart disease, a factor with levels
"Absent" and "Present"
type-A behavior
a numeric vector
current alcohol consumption
age at onset
response, coronary heart disease
Rousseauw, J., du Plessis, J., Benade, A., Jordaan, P., Kotze, J. and Ferreira, J. (1983). Coronary risk factor screening in three rural communities, South African Medical Journal 64: 430--436.
ElemStatLearn, R-Package
A retrospective sample of males in a heart-disease high-risk region of the Western Cape, South Africa. There are roughly two controls per case of CHD. Many of the CHD positive men have undergone blood pressure reduction treatment and other programs to reduce their risk factors after their CHD event. In some cases the measurements were made after these treatments. These data are taken from a larger dataset, described in Rousseauw et al, 1983, South African Medical Journal.